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Watermelon Peach Gazpacho

This watermelon peach gazpacho is summer in a bowl! It is the most refreshing, flavorful way to start a meal.

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Why it works: Peach and strawberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 228 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the chopped watermelon, peaches, shallot and basil leaves in a blender.

  2. Add the salt, Sriracha, strawberry balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce.

  3. Blend on high for 1 to 2 minutes until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.

  4. Taste and adjust the salt if needed, then blend briefly once more.

  5. Transfer to a covered container and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving cold.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peach + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Peach + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Strawberry + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Basil + strawberrytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Shallot + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,282 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peach, shallot, basil, strawberry, vinegar, sauce):

  1. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  2. Peppermintbetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peach, shallot, basil, strawberry, vinegar, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).